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ICE Forced to Return Two U.S. Citizen Kids It Deported in Error A federal judge has ordered the federal government to return the twin sisters.

ICE Forced to Return Two U.S. Citizen Kids It Deported in Error A federal judge has ordered the federal government to return the twin sisters. ...

For context, Grammarly rolled out an "Expert Review" feature that provided writing feedback through "personas" mimicking the identities of real authors, journalists and academics, WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT, including at least one recently deceased person.

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Ottawa plans to support drone development, quantum tech with $900-million for defence strategy About $500-million will go toward a drone innovation hub and procurement of a Bombardier Global 6500 jet

Canada will fund 2 more defense-related R&D projects:

A Drone Innovation Hub between Ottawa & Montreal will focus on drone and counter-drone technologies.

A Biomedical Countermeasures Initiative will focus on diagnostic tools, vaccines & treatments.
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www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched To better understand what exactly we’re looking at in this dystopian surveillance hellscape, 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox joined Reddit's r/technology for an Ask Me Anything session.

What surveillance tools do we anticipate seeing develop and integrate further into American society in the next three years without legislative oversight?

- Police drones
- Real-time facial recognition
- AI cameras
- AI persona bots cops use to infiltrate online groups

More here:

Hedgehogs can hear high‑frequency ultrasound – that knowledge could help save them - Inside Ecology The hedgehog is one of Europe’s most familiar and well-loved wild mammals. Many people encounter them in gardens, hear their snuffling at dusk, or glimpse their spiny shapes moving through the night. ...

Hedgehogs can hear high‑frequency ultrasound – that knowledge could help save them #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #hedgehogs
insideecology.com/2026/03/11/h...

Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments - Nature Meta-analyses on a global scale show that the measured coastal mean sea level is higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments.

Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments - well that's fun. 🧪🌍

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Parkinson's disease may reduce enjoyment of pleasant smells The "world smells different" for people with Parkinson's disease, a discovery that could help doctors spot the condition sooner

Parkinson's disease is associated with loss of the ability to smell. Now there's a hint that, actually, the world smells different to people with the condition. And this may help diagnosis. 🧪 #parkinsons #neuroscience

My latest for @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2518...

I have a friend who has worked for decades under this type of contract. No job security, no guarantee that the courses you taught last year will be reassigned to you, and no benefits. And my friend has needed to use the local food bank.

This is not the life that folks with advanced degrees deserve.

"Across the province, more than half of undergraduate courses are now taught by contract faculty - highly trained instructors hired on short-term, often precarious contracts"

Full-time students deserve full-time professors.
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@ocufa.bsky.social @bufa.bsky.social
ocufa.on.ca/ontarios-uni...

Misinformation a barrier to women’s health: experts Incredible work from researchers can be “derailed” by misinformation online, says Dr. Jennifer Gunter.

Misinformation a barrier to women’s health: experts www.timescolonist.com/local-news/m...

"...rampant misinformation online about side effects of contraception."

@drjengunter.bsky.social: "... #misinformation is 'becoming a health crisis unto itself.'"

I have a bottle of Graham's vintage port tucked away. This looks like the occasion.

Happy International Women's Day. 🖖🏻

How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland Internal documents show how the country finally rejected pitches by tech company Palantir.

A small Swiss magazine's research piece on how Palantir courted the Swiss government.

Ultimately, the Swiss decided that the risks of loss of data sovereignty, possibility of sensitive data sharing with US agencies, and permanent lock-in were too great.

www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/h...

Its always unnerving to see people talking about war like its sports game, supporting their respective teams, like its not something with extraordinary destruction that, under the BEST of circumstances, those who haven't been obliterated, will need to spend many decades attempting to rebuild from.

Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on the location of U.S. forces, sources say The assistance could help Iran locate American warships, radar or other communication systems, but there's no indication Moscow is helping direct Iranian strikes, sources tell NBC News.

You still friends with this guys MAGA?

Republicans Voters, you did say you loved Russia. You said stop helping Ukraine. You said you want Russia to win because they are more friendly to the USA. You still think that now?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Yup, and email is very much not a secure channel regardless of which provider you use.

Canada’s first large-scale battery plant opens in Windsor Canada's first large-scale battery plant has already produced more than one million cells and created 1,300 jobs in its first months of operation — and is backed by nearly $16 billion in government su...

Canada's first large battery plant opens in Windsor #onpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/05/n...

The American Astronomical Society has a page with more info and how you can submit comments to the FCC to stop this travesty. Hurry though; submissions end today.

aas.org/action-alert...

Supreme Court rules Quebec's exclusion of asylum seekers in subsidized daycare is discriminatory | CBC News The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled Quebec cannot bar asylum seekers from subsidized daycare, according to a ruling handed down Friday.

Glad the #Quebec Supreme Court got something right. #qcpoli #cdnpoli #Canada 🤘🏾🇨🇦

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Elon Musk has already started plans to launch a million satellites.

Yes. A MILLION.

This is a colossally bad idea, and it's not too late to make your voice heard. I explain everything:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...

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Stone and mammoth ivory tool production, circulation, and human dispersals in the middle Tanana Valley, Alaska:
Implications for the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas 🏺🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Suggests a late southern migration by ancestral Clovis people sometime between 14-13 ka

Shared for #HedgehogThursday 🦔

For email providers, their direct link is here:

www.privacyguides.org/en/email/

And yes, there are supposedly bulletproof email providers that don't comply with court orders, but these are run by the types of folks who do things like sell credit card numbers and run phishing operations.

If you trust your emails to those folks, I would seriously question your threat model.

Everyone needs to do their own threat and risk assessment.

For me personally, I do not want to run my own email server with all the work that entails.

And I care most about the contents of my emails remaining private (strong encryption that the provider can't break) rather than my payment info.

Every choice of provider has its own risks and benefits.

* Commercial providers have your payment info, unless you're "paying" with your privacy i.e. Gmail
* Your personal email server can be removed during a search of your home, and requires tech skills for patching and hacking defences

OK. Before I get accused of being a Proton shill:

* Any commercial provider is going to have your payment info, unless you pay with cash or crypto or privacy
* Any email provider, including non-profit, will have to comply with a court order from their local government unless they challenge in court

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I believe Proton accepts Bitcoin (and possibly other cryptocurrencies). But those also have their own issues, and are usually traceable back to the sending wallet.

And running your own server has its own issues - even experienced admins can overlook a patch that leaves the server vulnerable. Not to mention that server could be confiscated if your house is searched with a warrant.

It all comes down to what your threat model is.